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PREHISTORIC AEGEAN POTTERY.
A 813.
early forms (A 651, A 753) the shoulder is evenly rounded ; in later developments (A 781, A 812)
the body is more strongly flattened and the shoulder becomes angular (A 813). The vase is
ultimately elongated, approach ng a spherical shape, with convex base and splayed neck
(A 814). The earlier pieces usually bear a cruciform figure painted on the base, the later have
concentric circles.
A 812.
SQUAT BOWL, globular. Ht. 2 J in. Tomb 29. Presented, 1872. M: V., pi. ix., .55
p. 14.
Flat shape with round shoulder. Pale yellow clay, coarsely mixed ; the
surface has mostly perished and the paint has
turned to a faint red colour. Marine decoration as
next; above the waves are three stars of ten or
twelve rays, one in each space between the handles.
At top of shoulder, a dotted line. On the base are
a central circle, and four groups of three waved
lines radiating outwards. (Fig. 188.)
[The cruciform design on base and the dotted line at neck both belong to a Middle
Mycenaean tradition. See A 781, A 797. The flat shape also marks this vase as one of the
earliest from Ialysos. See A 822, note.]
SQUAT BOWL, globular. Ht. 3 in. ; diam. 7I in., (of mouth) 3-J in. Tomb 24. Plate X.
Presented, 1872. M.V., pi. viii., 45 ; p. 13. Dumont and Chaplain, dram., pi. iii, 14.
Sharply-curved form. Very fine ware ; red clay with brilliant yellow
surface ; decoration in black varnish-paint fining to red. On the lower edge
of the shoulder is a broad band of which the upper edge is strongly waved,
representing the bottom of the sea. From the top of one of these waves,
between each pair of handles, a spiral coil springs away to the left on a looped
stalk. These represent not (as Furtwangler and Loeschcke suggested) the
curling crest of the wave, but seaweed growing on rocks : compare the
naturalistic seaweed on the earlier examples, A 651, A 781. On the under
side of the base are concentric circles.
A 814. SQUAT BOWL, globular. Ht. 4 in. Tomb A. M.V.,
pi. i, 6 ; p. 5.
The shape is almost spherical ; there is a
distinct neck, and the lip is turned out and bevelled.
Marine design as before: above the waves three
rosettes of small dots. On the base, concentric
circles. Pale greenish clay ; brown-black varnish.
(Fig. 189.)
Plate X.
= -A 814.
A 815-21. Squat Cylindrical Bowls.
The body is a shallow cylinder, with flat or convex base ; there is a convex
shoulder, rising gently to a small mouth with lip turned over outwards. Three
small loop handles are set horizontally on the shoulder. Some of the later
PREHISTORIC AEGEAN POTTERY.
A 813.
early forms (A 651, A 753) the shoulder is evenly rounded ; in later developments (A 781, A 812)
the body is more strongly flattened and the shoulder becomes angular (A 813). The vase is
ultimately elongated, approach ng a spherical shape, with convex base and splayed neck
(A 814). The earlier pieces usually bear a cruciform figure painted on the base, the later have
concentric circles.
A 812.
SQUAT BOWL, globular. Ht. 2 J in. Tomb 29. Presented, 1872. M: V., pi. ix., .55
p. 14.
Flat shape with round shoulder. Pale yellow clay, coarsely mixed ; the
surface has mostly perished and the paint has
turned to a faint red colour. Marine decoration as
next; above the waves are three stars of ten or
twelve rays, one in each space between the handles.
At top of shoulder, a dotted line. On the base are
a central circle, and four groups of three waved
lines radiating outwards. (Fig. 188.)
[The cruciform design on base and the dotted line at neck both belong to a Middle
Mycenaean tradition. See A 781, A 797. The flat shape also marks this vase as one of the
earliest from Ialysos. See A 822, note.]
SQUAT BOWL, globular. Ht. 3 in. ; diam. 7I in., (of mouth) 3-J in. Tomb 24. Plate X.
Presented, 1872. M.V., pi. viii., 45 ; p. 13. Dumont and Chaplain, dram., pi. iii, 14.
Sharply-curved form. Very fine ware ; red clay with brilliant yellow
surface ; decoration in black varnish-paint fining to red. On the lower edge
of the shoulder is a broad band of which the upper edge is strongly waved,
representing the bottom of the sea. From the top of one of these waves,
between each pair of handles, a spiral coil springs away to the left on a looped
stalk. These represent not (as Furtwangler and Loeschcke suggested) the
curling crest of the wave, but seaweed growing on rocks : compare the
naturalistic seaweed on the earlier examples, A 651, A 781. On the under
side of the base are concentric circles.
A 814. SQUAT BOWL, globular. Ht. 4 in. Tomb A. M.V.,
pi. i, 6 ; p. 5.
The shape is almost spherical ; there is a
distinct neck, and the lip is turned out and bevelled.
Marine design as before: above the waves three
rosettes of small dots. On the base, concentric
circles. Pale greenish clay ; brown-black varnish.
(Fig. 189.)
Plate X.
= -A 814.
A 815-21. Squat Cylindrical Bowls.
The body is a shallow cylinder, with flat or convex base ; there is a convex
shoulder, rising gently to a small mouth with lip turned over outwards. Three
small loop handles are set horizontally on the shoulder. Some of the later